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Bougainvillea
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Bougainvillea
ntroduced Photo: Tabish
Common name: Bougainvillea, Lesser Bougainvillea • Hindi: Booganbel बूगनबेल • Kannada: ಕಾಗದದಹೂ Kaagadada hoo, ಬೋಗನ್ ವಿಲ್ಲ Bougainvillea ಕೆಂಪುತುಱಾಯಿ, ಕೆಂಪುತುರಾಯಿ Kempu turaayi • Manipuri: ꯆꯦꯔꯩ Cherei • Bengali: Baganbilas • Marathi: Booganvel बूगनवेल • Konkani: Bouganvila बुगनविला • Telugu: Kagithala Puvvu కాగితాల పువ్వు • Urdu: Gul-e kaghazi ﮔﹹﻞﹺ ﰷﻏﺰﯼ
Botanical name: Bougainvillea glabra       Family: Nyctaginaceae (Bougainvillea family)

Named after Louis de Bougainvillea, a French navigator who came across it in Brazil during the 18th century, Bougainvillea has gained popularity all over the world, due to its versatility, richness and suitability to thrive in degrading environmental conditions. It is a semi-climber and can be grown as a hedge, a shrub, a climber over a sunny wall and also in pots. With its sharp thick thorns it is avoided by cattle, goats, monkeys and even birds. It loves open sunshine and the colours of some varieties grow brighter and more attractive in hot dry climate. A postal stamp was issued by the Indian Postal Department to commemorate this flower.

Identification credit: Tabish Photographed in Delhi.

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